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Analyzing Unhinged Am I The A**hole posts with Philosophy

People from all over the internet flock to ask a very important question: Am I The A**hole? Today we are going to look at some of the most interesting finds from that sub

Dostoevsky's Warning to the Self-Destructive

Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of the most brilliant and eclectic writers in history. And here we will examine one of his most personal books - The Gambler. It is a masterclass

The 7 Levels of Logical Thinking

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Why Kafka Hated People

Franz Kafka is one of the most brilliant yet anxious writers of the 20th century. And in his "Letter to my father" he outlines exactly where his fear of other people come

The Internet is All Ragebait Now. Here's Why

It has become almost cliche to observe that the internet often seems to bring out the worst in us. Yet the question of why remains elusive. So today we are going to check

How Nihilism Destroys You | Tolstoy's Confession

An Existential Crisis is a uniquely painful experience. It robs all the joy out of life and leaves us a heaping mess on the floor. But luckily, we can turn to some of the

When is Ignorance Bliss? | Professor Jimmy Licon

Ignorance is one of the most maligned concepts out there. For many of my videos I take it for granted that knowing more is always better. And yet the philosopher Jimmy Li

Is God Evil?

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Reacting to your HOTTEST book takes

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Why Nietzsche HATED Religion

This is an old video on Nietzsche and does not really reflect my current views on him. Sorry about that.There has been increasing discourse online about the concept of a

The Most Hated Philosophers in History | The Sophists

The Sophists are potentially the most hated philosophers in history. But as far as I can tell, this is based on a series of misunderstandings and misrepresentations. When

Why You Hate Modern Work

Why do we all hate work so much? And why does it seem to have only got worse in the modern era? Well, according to philosopher Byung-Chul Han, our psychological attitude

Debating William Lane Craig, Philip Goff, and Jessica Frazier on God and Morality

Earlier this year I had the absolute privilege of sitting down with some enormously clever people and talking about God, goodness, and meaning, and I am delighted to shar

The Problem with Modern Love

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The War On The Humanities

It is no secret that the humanities are under threat. This is for many reasons, but among them is the idea that the humanities are "useless". But at the same time, I am a

How a Society Collapses

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Debating Philip Goff on Consciousness, God, and Drugs

I am a naturalist, and Philip is a panpsychist, and as a result we disagree an awful lot on questions to do with consciousness and God. So we met up to chat about both of

One star reviews of classic books that actually understood them perfectly

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Taking Philosophy Memes Seriously

Ancient Greece had the philosophical dialogue, ancient Rome had the hexameter poem, the enlightenment had the essay, and the Romantics had the philosophical novel. But to

Why We're Obsessed with Identity (and why we should stop) | Dr. Alexander Douglas

In the modern world we are obsessed with identity - including the idea of "being yourself". I have expressed some scepticism of this idea in the past, but haven't quite b